The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a contract to
indigenous motor company, Innoson, to supply 21 vehicles to the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC).
Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen
at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, at Aso Rock Villa.
He confirmed that the “contract was in favour of Messrs
Innoson Manufacturing Company at the sum of N660,422,220 and it’s made up of 20
pick-up vehicles and 1 City Bus”.
According to him, “it is in the spirit of encouraging our local industries that the contract was awarded to Innosons Motors”.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa
Pantami, also secured approval from FEC for the provision of broadband
infrastructure for micro-small medium enterprises and also tertiary and higher
learning institutions across the six geo-political zones.
“The administration is passionate about deepening the
broadband infrastructure and that contract was awarded to various companies for
N16, 709, 853,000”, said Mohammad.
Also for the Ministry of Communications was approval for the
supply, installations and upgrading for a new set of new IT communications
equipment and furniture for emergency communication centres all over the
country and that was awarded for the sum of N668 million.
There was also the ratification of the International Labour
Organisation Migrant Workers Supplementary Provision with Nigeria ratifying the
1975 Convention, by the FEC following a memo from the Minister of Labour and
Employment, Chris Ngige.
Mohammed further announced that “there is also the memo from
the Minister of Science and Technology for the approval of the Draft National
Policy on Welding.
“This is again to ensure that small and medium scale
industries get necessary skilled labour. As it is today, most of our welders
come from the neighbouring countries and that is the national policy to bridge
that gap.
“There is a memo presented by the Minister of works and
Housing seeking for the approval of revised estimated total cost of contract
for the construction of Patigi-Ada Road in Kwara State and the contract is for
augmentation to the total sum of N1.192 billion which will jerk the original
contract from N4.3 billion to N5.5 billion.
“There was an approval for revised estimated total cost of
contract for the rehabilitation of Kotangora-Rijau-Tunganmagajiya road section
2, phase 1 in Niger state.
“Here the contractor was seeking a revised cost in the sum of
N2.8 billion, taking the total contract sim to N6.5 billion.”
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The heading is very misleading. The contract sum is ₦660 millions, not billions.
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